A Christ centered approach to finding relief from Hurts, Hang-ups and Habits
Celebrate Recovery
Christ Centered Recovery
We are passionate about helping people overcome their Hurts, Hang-ups, & Habits because these things can impact everyone of us. Recovery isn't just about chemical addictions but any difficulty we experience in this life.
We meet together weekly for a time of praise and learning and then break off into small groups for a time of sharing and discussion, followed by some refreshments and fellowship.
Recovery Principles
Realize I’m not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing and that my life is unmanageable.
Consciously choose to commit all my life and will to Christ’s care and control.
Openly examine and confess my faults to myself, to God, and to someone I trust.
except when to do so would harm them or others.
Reserve a daily time with God for self-examination, Bible reading, and prayer in order to know God and His will for my life and to gain the power to follow His will.
Yield myself to God to be used to bring this Good
News to others, both by my example and by my words.
The 12 Steps
Step 1
We admitted we were powerless over our addictions and compulsive behaviors, that our lives had become unmanageable.
Step 2
We came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
Step 3
We made a decision to turn our wills and our lives over to the care of God.
Step 4
We made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
Step 5
We admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
Step 6
We were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
Step 7
We humbly asked Him to remove all our shortcomings.
Step 8
We made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to make amends to them all.
Step 9
We made direct amends to such people whenever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
Step 10
We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.
Step 11
We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and power to carry that out.
Step 12
Having had a spiritual experience as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to others and to practice these principles in all our affairs.
Small Group guidelines
The following five guidelines will ensure that your small group is a safe place.
1. Keep your sharing focused on your own thoughts and feelings.
Not your spouse’s, someone you’re dating, or your family members’ hurts and hang-ups, but your own. Focusing on yourself will benefit your recovery as well as the ones around you. Stick to “I” or “me” statements, not “you” or “we” statements.
Limit your sharing to three to five minutes, so everyone has an opportunity to share — and to ensure that one person does not dominate the group sharing time.
2. There is NO cross-talk. Cross-talk is when two people engage in conversation excluding all others. Each person is free to express his or her feelings without interruptions.
Cross-talk is also making distracting comments or questions while someone is sharing. This includes speaking to another member of the group while someone is sharing, or responding to what someone has shared during his or her time of sharing.
3. We are here to support one another, not “fix” one another. This keeps us focused on our own issues.
We do not give advice or solve someone’s problem in our time of sharing or offer book referrals or counselor referrals!
We are not licensed counselors, psychologists, or therapists, nor are the group members. Celebrate Recovery groups are not designed for this. It is up to the participants to include outside counseling to their program when they’re ready.
4. Anonymity and confidentiality are basic requirements. What is shared in the group stays in the group. The only exception is when someone threatens to injure themselves or others.
We are not to share information with our spouses/family/co-workers. This also means not discussing what is shared in the group among group members. This is called gossip.
Please be advised, if anyone threatens to hurt themselves or others, the Small Group Leader has the responsibility to report it to the Celebrate Recovery Ministry Leader.
5. Offensive language has no place in a Christ-centered recovery group.
Therefore, we ask that you please watch your language. The main issue here is that the Lord’s name is not used inappropriately.
We also avoid graphic descriptions. If anyone feels uncomfortable with how explicitly a speaker is sharing regarding his/her behaviors, then you may indicate so by simply raising your hand. The speaker will then respect your boundaries by being less specific in his/her descriptions. This will avoid potential triggers that could cause a person to act out.